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Old thread, new thread here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8775793

WHEN REPORTING TRADE-IN VALUES PLEASE POST BASE VALUES & SYSTEM IT IS FOR.

First post contains promo information & useful information and frequently asked questions. The second post is blank currently but is there for expansion or to revert back to the way things were. Third post has the 360/Wii/PS3 values. Fourth post has the PS2/GC values. Fifth post has DS/PSP values. Sixth post has hardware/accessory values for all systems.

Instructions on finding games in the database and inputting the values from different sections can be found in my blog post here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=14143. I would put the entire post in the thread but this is already kind of a large post.

Upcoming Promotions:

[quote name='Anonymous GameStop Employee']Trade 3 for 10 is extended.
50 for ps3/xb360 towards new hardware is extended.
25% power trade for Madden and Gears
40% more towards Rage (not yet confirmed but thats what i am told)

50% more towards preowned ends
40% towards e3 titles ends.[/QUOTE]


Current Promotions:
GameStop.com Information (will post it when they update it)


Trade 3 for an extra $10 (Ends 8/21/11)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Trade any 3 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP or 3DS games and get an extra $10 in-store credit.

Games with a trade value less than $2.00 are excluded from offer. Offer valid only toward games normally accepted in trade. Offer not good on cash trades. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. Offer subject to change at anytime. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Void where prohibited. GameStop, Inc. reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the offer for any reason without notice.[/QUOTE]


$50 Hardware Bonus Toward New Hardware (Ends 8/21/11)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Get $50 extra in-store credit on any Xbox 360 or PS3 system traded toward any new hardware.

Offer valid toward the purchase of new hardware only. Offer not good on cash trades. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Hardware must have all necessary components for trade. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer vailid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Void where prohibited. GameStop, Inc. reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the offer for any reason without notice.[/QUOTE]


Power Trade 25% - Gears of War 3, Madden 2012 or Rage (Ends 8/21/11)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Power Trade: Get a 25% trade bonus on any games traded toward a new copy of Gears of War 3, Madden 2012 or RAGE.

Full trade value amount must be applied toward pre-order/purchase of a new copy of Gears of War 3, Madden 2012 or RAGE. While supplies last. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. Offer valid only toward games normally accepted in trade. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Void where prohibited. GameStop, Inc. reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the offer for any reason without notice.[/QUOTE]


$30 NCAA to Madden Rollover Coupon (Ends 9/4/11)
[quote name='GameStop.com']Get $30 in-store credit for NCAA 2012 when traded toward the purchase of Madden NFL 2012.

Coupon required, limit 1 coupon per customer. Coupon must be surrendered upon use. Trade value amount must be applied toward reserve/purchase of a new Madden '12. Trade must be in full working condition to receive full value. Offer not valid toward cash trades. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Trade-ins subject to manager approval. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam only. Void where prohibited. GameStop, Inc. reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the offer for any reason without notice.Offer expires 09/04/11[/QUOTE]

GAMESTOP USED GAME PRODUCT ID(thanks Xfactor4)
THE GAMESTOP USED GAME PRODUCT ID "CRACKED":

:gc:=916xxx
:360:=952xxx
:ps2:=938xxx or 939xxx
:wii:=917xxx
:psp:=935xxx
:ds:=919xxx
:ps3:=930xxx
:gba:=914xxx
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FAQ
These trade-in values are really low!
While that may be true, if you combine the games with the right promotion they can work to your advantage. There are knowledgeable people in this thread that are normally willing to help.

Is there any way to look at what the previous values reported on a game?
You can search through this thread and previous ones to see what a game has been reported in the past. With the TIV Tracker you can sort by date and then go through the list of past updated values through that as well. Here are the previous GS TIV Threads: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Can I trade-in sealed games?
No. You might come across the rare GameStop that would let you do it, but they are going to open them anyway.


 I don't want to get hassled about the values I post, how can I get the information out there?
If you do not feel comfortable or willing to put the values in the thread you have two options available. You can input them in the TIV tracker or you can send them to me via PM. Either way the database and these lists will be updated. Putting them into the TIV tracker does save me some time later on.

Do trade-ins have to have their original case, insert and manual?
No, however it will be YMMV on if they charge you a refurbish fee for them in that condition. Most GameStops wont charge a fee but there are some that charge for incomplete games.

Will they accept my game if it is really beat up?
YMMV. It really all depends upon the employee you get. Some will charge refurbish fees, some wont, some wont accept the game and others just take them without a second glance.

What are the refurb fees on games?
There appears to be set prices for set value ranges. We aren't 100% certain on the splits just yet. Here is what we have currently:
$0.25-$2 Value: $0.75 Refurb Fee
$2.01-$4 Value: $1 Refurb Fee
$4.01-$7 Value: $2 Refurb Fee
$7.01-$10 Value: $3 Refurb Fee
$10.01 & Higher Value: $4 Refurb Fee
This information isn't guaranteed by any mean and we are still working on nailing it down.

What are the refurb fees on consoles?
They are listed in the hardware TIV section, highlight in red.


I have a Collector's/Limited/Special edition of a game, do I have to trade-in all of the extras?
No, but there are a handful of games that their variations have separate listings at GameStop: Madden 09 Anniversary Edition, Battlefield: Bad Company Gold Edition, and a few others.

Why didn't the percent bonus go for my accessory for a system that was included?
Unless stated otherwise, and they are rarely included, the bonuses never apply to accessories. Except the EDGE card of course.

I traded in a bunch of games for the "Trade X, get $X bonus" promo and it gave me the percentage bonus instead?
I can't give concretes on why this happens. GameStop computers are normally pretty good at giving you the better promo. In the case of a percentage bonus being run at the same time as a "Trade X, get $X" promo, things can get messy. The system appears to only give one promo on games per transaction so if you had a few games that you want to go to the percentage bonus and a stack for the "Trade X, Get $X" it will regularly apply the percentage to all of the games. Your best bet is to do all "Trade X, Get $X" games in one transaction on their own. The GameStop clerk may say that the system will figure it all out, tell them you want a separate transaction anyway. As always, check your receipt before you leave the store.


Can I trade in multiple copies of the same game?
YMMV. The official policy is no, but there are some GameStops that overlook that rule.

What all do I have to trade in for a console trade-in?
Xbox 360: Console Unit, power brick, A/V Cables, Controller (wired/wireless)
Wii: Console Unit, Power Cable, A/V Cables, Wiimote, Nunchuck, Sensor Bar
Playstation 3: Console Unit, Power Cable, A/V Cable, Controller, USB Cable
Playstation 2: Console Unit, Power Cable, A/V Cable, Controller (Must be a DualShock2) *Fat unit requires either back cover or network adapter*
GameCube: Console Unit, Power Cable, A/V Cable, Controller
PSP: Handheld, A/C Adapter
Nintendo DS/DSLite/DSi: Handheld, A/C Adapter, Stylus

 Can I trade in a defective/broken console?
For the most part yes. If it powers on but doesn't play games, they will take the console as a refurb unit and put a refurb fee on the console. The refurb fee on the console will vary on the price of the console so those numbers will change. You are still required to trade in everything required listed in the question directly above. They will not, however, take RROD 360 consoles. There may be stores that still do it, but official policy is to not take them in.

What is the difference between PowerUp Rewards and PowerUp Rewards Pro?
The basic card is free and only allows you to acrew points when spending money. The Pro card costs $14.99 and is basically the same as the previous EDGE program.

How much does a PowerUp Rewards Pro subscription cost?
It costs $14.99 and is good for a year. It also comes with a 1-year subscription to Game Informer magazine.

What bonuses come with having an PowerUp Rewards Pro card?
You will get an extra 10% trade-in credit on the base value of the game, extra 10% off the purchase of pre-owned games and 10% off new strategy guides.

 Does the Power Up Rewards Card give me a bonus on hardware trade-ins?
No. You will only get the bonus for games and accessories.

What if I want cash instead of credit, what do they deduct?
If you decide that you want cash instead of credit, they will take 20% off the base values and promos will not apply.

Does promo "....." have a minimum trade-in value?
If the promo has a minimum trade-in value requirement, it will be listed in the promo. If it isn't there, then there is no limit. However, as with all trades, they are subject to manager approval so the manager could have setup his own little rule-set requiring a minimum of whatever.

I used a Power Trade promo for a pre-order, can I cancel that pre-order and get the credit or move it to another game I want?
Yes on both accounts. However, if you do a bunch of the power trades and just straight drop the pre-order you could create some ill-will between yourself and the employees you cancel on. However, if you look at the wordings on promos, they can remove the bonus trade-in value if they decide to.

I just tried to use a promo that has a select list of games eligible, but they say my game isn't eligible anymore, what gives?
Basically they have the right to change the eligible games at any time. They tend to update these frequently so as to lock out any easy/cheap games. It's best to check the eligible list the day of your trade.

Can I stack two different trade-in promos?
No. The only thing that will stack with trade-ins is your EDGE card. Some will report success, but this requires a manual override and is very YMMV.

If I pay for an item using all credit on my card, do I have to pay sales tax?
This varies depending upon the state you live in.

What states charge sales tax on purchases paid in full with credit and which ones don't?
Charge Sales Tax on Credit Purchases: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia
Does Not Charge Sales Tax on Credit Purchases: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
No Information Yet:


My state doesn't charge sales tax on purchases made by credit, why is gamestop.com charging me tax?
It is just the way they have designed their system. The best theory we have seen is that since you are only inputting the number off of the back of the card, it isn't going to pick up the programming from the specially tagged EDGE cards. Some kind of programming that gets input from their system that wont show up when only inputting the number off the back of the card.


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I just called my local GameStop and asked them about the 50% trade bonus. I was told they honour it. I am going there in 15. I will keep you guys updated (oh, I am in Chicago, IL if anyone is wondering).
 
Has anyone traded in :ps3:Black Ops recently and know the base value?

edit: Got the answer. It's $25 for both ps3 and 360. Thanks PrinnyOtaku!
 
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I went to the closest Gamestop to check on the 50% bonus. I didn't even have to get close to notice the gigantic banner advertising it, so I went ahead and traded in a couple things to finish off my Infamous 2 Hero Edition pre-order. I asked about the 50% thing to just be sure and the employee said "hah, you probably knew about that before we did. We walked into the store today and had a box with the ads, they didn't tell us anything beforehand." He seemed a little annoyed about it, to be honest.

Anyways, here's the trade-in values:
:ps3: Dead to Rights: Retribution - $10
:ps3: Kung Fu Rider - $5
:ps2: Dragon Quest VIII - $2.50
:ps2: Soul Calibur II - $0.75
:ps2: Seven Samurai 20XX - $0.50

....I really wanted to get rid of those last two. They were disc only, so I didn't mind the horrible trade-in value. :p

All in all I ended up with $30.01 store credit. I also wanted to point out that Toys R' Us is having a B1G1 sale on 9.98 games, which includes Dead to Rights: Retribution. So...that's essentially $5 for $16 Gamestop credit.

Good luck!
 
[quote name='JP']
:ps3: Playstation 3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - $87 (1/1/11)
[/QUOTE]

Damn! I'll definitely be trading in my copy for $130.50 after the 50% bonus. Trade in deal of the year! :D
 
Traded in MLB 2k11 and COD: Black Ops on 360 towards Infamous 2, Gamestop ended up giving me a gift card for $7 since my trade ins were worth more than Infamous 2. Finally Gamestop does something to make me happy again.
 
50% confirmed stackable with PUR

Got 40 for Black OPS and 44.50 for LA Noire both XBOX 360. Works for me since I got Black OPS for free during the buy 2 get 1 and LA Noire with the free game and 20 dollar gaming coupon for K-Mart. Good times, good times. :applause:
 
[quote name='Asadi']50% confirmed stackable with PUR

Got 40 for Black OPS and 44.50 for LA Noire both XBOX 360. Works for me since I got Black OPS for free during the buy 2 get 1 and LA Noire with the free game and 20 dollar gaming coupon for K-Mart. Good times, good times. :applause:[/QUOTE]


How did you get $44.50 for l.a. noire when I got $42 for it?

the base price for l.a. noire is $28
 
[quote name='Ray5555']How did you get $44.50 for l.a. noire when I got $42 for it?

the base price for l.a. noire is $28[/QUOTE]


28x1.5 + 10% = 44.20

28 + 14 + 2.20 = 44.20
 
[quote name='Dark Rider']28x1.5 + 10% = 44.20

28 + 14 + 2.20 = 44.20[/QUOTE]

Bah I forgot the PUR member the extra 10% stack. Sorry
 
Couple of changes to the list (I believe Ratchet, Burnout, and Mario).

:ps3:
Heavy Rain - $15
Ratchet Tools Of Destruction - $6
Dead Rising 2 - $15

:360:
Burnout Paradise - $6
Grand Theft Auto 4 - $8

:Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy - $13

Total after bonuses - $100.80

I hadn't played GTA4 or Mario Galaxy in at least a year, maybe more. Pretty happy to clear off my shelf and make room for new things. I've got a ton of $1-3 360 games but they're not worth trading in (AITD, Kong, Lego Indy, etc).
 
All base

Ps3
Dead to rights retribution $10
Sports champions $3.00
Lbp goty $12.00
DS
Animal crossing wild world $9.00
Psp
Eyepet $4.00
Lbp $6.00
Karate kid umd $1.25
360
Retribution Dead to rights $8.00

Not bad considering I grabbed 2 each of Dead to rights Retribution on 360/Ps3 at my local Tru for 19.97 for all four copies and then flipped them to two different GS for 57.60 in credit.
 
[quote name='Ray5555']Bah I forgot the PUR member the extra 10% stack. Sorry[/QUOTE]


No prob. Heres a pic from my reciept of how it all broke down (was actually off by a bit).

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I'm such a packrat when it comes to my games. I wish I had an idea of what games in my collection were worth trading in, because a good majority of them...I don't play anymore. Ugh. :/
 
I'm the same...I am staring at about 35 games, about 6 of them will hold good trade value, the rest I would probably be better off selling for cash 10 each as opposed to like 7 dollars of GS credit.

Having a collection is nice and all, but of these 35 games I want to get rid of I have only played about 10 of them.
 
for example...dark void, I heard it sucks, but I have never played it. Is it worth the 3 dollars I would gain to just not keep it on my shelf for show?
 
[quote name='au7oma7ic']for example...dark void, I heard it sucks, but I have never played it. Is it worth the 3 dollars I would gain to just not keep it on my shelf for show?[/QUOTE]
Only if you got all the achievements... and even then, it's not that bad once you try it. A bit generic, but definitely not 5/10 as most reviews state.

Not worth selling for 3.00 though... :/ 5.00 maybe, but 3.00 is not worth it, except for something like Sonic 2006 which was actually bad.
 
[quote name='au7oma7ic']I'm the same...I am staring at about 35 games, about 6 of them will hold good trade value, the rest I would probably be better off selling for cash 10 each as opposed to like 7 dollars of GS credit.

Having a collection is nice and all, but of these 35 games I want to get rid of I have only played about 10 of them.[/QUOTE]

It's hard to say. I used to keep around 50 games or so, but I ended up only playing 2-3 steadily out of the whole lot. So, nowadays, I only keep 10 games or so and once I noticed that I haven't played something in a month, I sell it. It definitely keeps me from holding onto games too long and watching their values decrease.
 
[quote name='au7oma7ic']for example...dark void, I heard it sucks, but I have never played it. Is it worth the 3 dollars I would gain to just not keep it on my shelf for show?[/QUOTE]


i'm the same i used to have a huge collection, but the more i saw it sitting there i wasn't playing them probably wasn't gonna play again so i finally started to sell them last year. so now every few months i filter my games to sell for credit.
 
yea, thanks guys...same for bionic commando, the TIV was 1.50 awhile ago, I'd be making nothing. But it seemed decently fun for the 45 minutes I played.
 
[quote name='au7oma7ic']for example...dark void, I heard it sucks, but I have never played it. Is it worth the 3 dollars I would gain to just not keep it on my shelf for show?[/QUOTE]
That's one of the worst games I've ever played. You'll be lucky if they don't charge you for taking it.
 
Just yardsaled tons of my collection....$450 gamestop credit, haha....they guy called my receipt a scroll, it was.

After buying Motorstorm and the card renewal I am left with 388. Sad to see near 500 down to near 400
 
question for GS employees...the guys told me if you get a PUR card you eventually get a B1G1 for activating your card. What if you were an edge member previous, does this act as renewing the card, and cancels out the coupon? Or do you get the B1G1 regardless?

Also, I wish the guy told me I wouldn't have gotten my reward points if I didn't activate the card before, I traded in and bought the card in the same transaction. I wish I had bought the card, than activated it on my cell-phone, and than traded in my games and gotten like 8,000 reward points.
 
[quote name='au7oma7ic']question for GS employees...the guys told me if you get a PUR card you eventually get a B1G1 for activating your card. What if you were an edge member previous, does this act as renewing the card, and cancels out the coupon? Or do you get the B1G1 regardless?

Also, I wish the guy told me I wouldn't have gotten my reward points if I didn't activate the card before, I traded in and bought the card in the same transaction. I wish I had bought the card, than activated it on my cell-phone, and than traded in my games and gotten like 8,000 reward points.[/QUOTE]

It's b2g1 used not b1g1

Edit- beat me to it :)
 
Just called my local store (Tustin & Katella, Orange, CA) and the 50% on everything $2.00+ TIV. Confirmed that :ps3: Lego Pirates of the Carribean - 18 (28.80 after 60%)... pitiful base TIV for a game that just came out 2 weeks ago.
 
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